Bryanna Tidmarsh
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Biography
Bryanna Tidmarsh is a writer, editor, and educator currently pursuing her PhD in English Studies at Illinois State University. Originally from Minnesota, she earned an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University—Newark and a BA in English and Writing Communications from Bellarmine University. Her current research centers on representations of activism in youth literature, and she has taught courses on children's/YA literature, fairy tales, Gothic literature, vampires, and English composition. Currently, she lives in Normal with her partner and adventurous 7-year-old child. Her poetry chapbook, FAKE MAGIC, is out from Press 254.
Teaching Interests & Areas
youth literature, social justice, activism
Research Interests & Areas
Queer theory, feminist ethics of care, activist rhetoric, children's and YA literature